The California Fish and Game Commission on Thursday formally recognized the Mohave desert tortoise as endangered.
The California Fish and Game Commission has formally recognized the Mojave desert tortoise as endangered. The designation, granted Thursday, is the latest in a long series of steps to try to protect the dwindling population of the desert creature, which biologists say is heading toward extinction. The tortoise was designated as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act in 1989 and as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990.
9 adults per square kilometer, according to the report. Only 2 out of the 10 designated tortoise conservation areas currently meet that threshold. About 1 million animal and plant species are at risk of being endangered — more than ever in human history, according to a recent report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The abundance of native species in land habitats has decreased by about 20% since 1900, according to the report.
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